"The Pilot Of One Is Safe" 1942

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Titles read: "THE PILOT OF ONE IS SAFE".

Location of events unknown - somewhere in Britain.

Various shots of men of the Air-Sea Rescue Service folding a collapsible dinghy to be stowed on a Lysander of the Coastal Command. A Walrus Amphibian is loaded with blankets "and other comforts...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43870
Sort Number:
42/043
Time in/Out:
01:35:48:00 / 01:37:19:00
Canister:
42/43
Film ID:
1328.28
Issue Date:
28/05/1942

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